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1. An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker
   - tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob [Brit], yobo [Brit], yobbo [Brit]
    
2. A hired thug
    
3. Beef cured or pickled in brine
   - bully beef, corned beef, corn beef
    
4. A person who deliberately intimidates or is cruel to weaker people

1. Very good
   "he did a bully job"
   - bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, grouse [Austral, NZ], ripper [Austral]

1. Be bossy towards
   "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
   - strong-arm, browbeat, bullyrag [N. Amer], ballyrag [N. Amer], boss around, hector, push around, boss
    
2. Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
   - browbeat, swagger

Derived forms: bullies, bullying, bullied

See also: good

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, beef, blarney, boeuf, cajole, coax, goon, hood, hoodlum, intimidate, inveigle, palaver, punk, strong-armer, sweet-talk, thug, tough, toughie, wheedle

Encyclopedia: Bully, France Bully Bully, Loire Bully, Seine-Maritime Bully, Rhône